Marginalizing merit?: Gender differences in black faculty D/discourses on tenure, advancement, and professional success

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 489-512

  Griffin, Kimberly A ^a   Bennett, Jessica C ^a   Harris, Jessica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84878683081     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2013.0040     Document Type: Article

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